Finner addresses 2018 email posted hours before his retirement

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner speaks to the media during a press conference about the 250,000-plus cases that were suspended for lack of staffing at HPD Headquarters on Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Houston. Chief Troy Finner retired late Tuesday, hours after his office posted a reference to a 2018 email discussing suspended cases citing a lack of personnel – opening up questions about when he first learned about an internal code. In a statement posted just after 6 p.m., he said he didn’t remember sending the older email, but...